The Civil Rights Division enforces state and federal laws. The division conducts investigations into discrimination in employment and housing across the state.
Find youth programs that help middle and high school students grow their skills, learn about STEM, and explore career fields. Youth programs include Texas Science & Engineering Fair, Governor’s Science & Technology Champions Academy, Governor’s Summer Merit Program, Camp Code, and Youth Robotics.
Provides unemployment insurance claimants and employers the opportunity to challenge an adverse determination concerning the entitlement to benefits or the chargeback of benefits to an employer's account.
Find resources on the Foreign Labor Certification program. This program allows employers hire foreign workers for temporary jobs in the United States.
Unemployment Benefits is an employer-paid program that provides temporary, partial income replacement to eligible workers who lost their job or are working reduced hours through no fault of their own.
The Wage & Hour program administers laws & regulations. The Payday law helps employees who were not paid correctly by allowing them to file wage claims. The Child Labor law protects children from working at a job where they could be hurt. The Minimum Wage law sets rules for how employees are paid.
Find information on TWC's effort to help Boards, Foster Youth Transition Centers and other partners who support young people in foster care. Find resources and information to help them succeed. The goal is to help foster youth achieve financial stability and continue to be financially secure.
The JET program provides grants to buy and install equipment for career and technical education (CTE) courses. These courses must lead to a license, certificate or post-secondary degree in a high-demand occupation. The JET Advisory Board meets every quarter to review received applications.
The Unemployment Tax program collects wage information and unemployment taxes from employers. The wage information determines the amount of unemployment benefits claimants may receive. Unemployment taxes are used to pay unemployment benefits.
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services help people with disabilities prepare for, find and keep jobs.